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Making a Life in Multiethnic Miami : Immigration and the Rise of a Global City.
With more than a million immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, Miami, Florida, boasts the highest proportion of foreign-born residents of any US city. Charting the rise of Miami as a global city, Elizabeth Aranda, Sallie Hughes, and Elena Sabogal provide a panoramic study of the changing...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, CO :
Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2014.
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| Colección: | Latinos, exploring diversity and change.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | With more than a million immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, Miami, Florida, boasts the highest proportion of foreign-born residents of any US city. Charting the rise of Miami as a global city, Elizabeth Aranda, Sallie Hughes, and Elena Sabogal provide a panoramic study of the changing dynamics of the immigration experience. The authors move easily between an analysis of global currents and personal narratives, examining the many factors that shape the decision to emigrate and the challenges faced in making a new home. Offering a wealth of new insights, their work demonstrates why Miami is such an exceptional laboratory for studying the social forces and local effects of globalization on the ground. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (383 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-359) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781626373815 1626373817 |